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I -7 e‘ e /, 2 -Wo•'-"-t-9- NEWSPAPEA i ~. P .._, It %; ... 4.' •;:r ft - .'' rk-' r„ 4, ~..,,,,,,- -, kip. \ifl4#4lW, / 4 ? .• ~., , --- = .- - - - -.. kW ‘1:12013/ _ 11 S TU LONDON and VENEZUELA BANK ). Incorporated unde ( r the ted Companies Act, MI. Capital .£500.0)0, in 10,000 shares of £5O With power to increase. First e, 5000 Shares. It is proposed that no is m su ore , than £25 per share shall be called up, but that any further Capital required shall be rai ed by additional issues of shares, and that the then shareholders s. hall have a preferential right to allotment pro rata, with their holdings. £1 per share to be paid en application, and £4 on allotment. Calls not to exceed £5 per share at intervals of net less than k. y" . - _ r • )1 . • r rr.,. • • • • 4 c s tig/ !%kk) .* Alain .. j elf ‘4 ( • it . I s d r_ - ..imi-41110 1 1 11161111 Q 0 .."`. • 46 2\ 1 --- -- - : ati fxialtr;:os,-;„,..:„.., when the very earth trembles under our tread of armed men going down to battle, and roof throughout the land shelters some nicttlit. the son who has fallen gloriously with his face or a widow wh , se husband lies buried so deeply a. go e , masses of slain heroes, that she will never leant to seetrcr his grave ? When the wife of a great prince whose husband was, absent at the siege of Troy was urged by her friends to put on her royal robes and be cheerful, she answered—" My husband is under the walls of Troy ; shall I adorn my hair while he wears a helmet? Shall I dress in new robes'while he carries arms? No I my raiment shall be like his hard labours, and in sadness while I pass . the time of this mournful war." Patriotism is beautiful in all eyes, and was shared alike by the lady of classic story and the mother of the revolution, clad in her home-spun dress end steadily performing more than household duties. Corn.. pare the spirit of these women with the reckless extra vagance which has marked the duration :of this terrible struggle for the Union, and the contrast is indeed humiliat ing. Still the women of America are not unworthy of their ancestors. Thoughtless they may be, and luxuriantly ex travagant from long habits of prosperity, but cruel and un just never. Appeal to their reason and gentle feelings, an the women of this day will prove themselves as capable of as noble deeds as ever marked the struggles of the revolu tion. Convince them of the evils their thoughtlessness is producing, and the remedy is certain. It has not been sufficiently impressed upon them that the encouragement of extravagant importations is injurious to the publio good. To impress this vital truth upon the women of the Union, we have entered into this solezna covenant, not only holding ourselves to a general system. of economy in our persons, but holding it as a duty to im— press upon others how unwomanly it is to make outward display a paramount subject of thought, when the nation is N°. 22,434. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENINC4-, MAY 20, 1864. Three Months. DIRECTORS. London. HENRY ALE RS HAN K EY, Esq., London, Chairman. P. Herbert Hemming, Esq., Consul-General at Venezuela, London. Elias Mocatfa, Esq.. London, Managing, Director. Alfred W. Powles, Esq., Consul for Venezuela (A. W. Fowles and Co.), Liverpool. Giacomo Servadio, Esq., Venezuelan Consul for Italy, and Director of the Bank of Caracas, London. David Wilson Esq. (Wilson, Worcester, and Co.), Cannon stree, London. PR1CE...... ...4d. STAMPED!....Sd. N what " Happy Land" can I see you after the "Opera?" 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This celebrated Old IRISH WHISKY rivals the finest FRENCH BRANDY, It h Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London ; by the Agents in the principal towns in England ; or wholesale at (Per the Bremen.) Ii In Venezuela. L. Boniton, Esq. (11. L. BJulton and Co.), Caracas and La Guayra. Frederick Praasch, (Syers, Braasch and Co.), Caracas and La Guayra. Carl Hahn, Esq. (Carl Hahn and Co.). Consul-General for Belgium, Managing Director of the Bank of Caracas, Caracas. John Rohl, EFq. (Rue7e, Rohl, and Co.), Consul-Gene - al for Hamburg, and Consul for the Brazils, Caracas and La Guayra. With power to the Board of Directors in England to add to their numb T. NEW YORK, MAY 7. The Army of the Potomac advanced on the 3d inst., and on the 4th crossed the Rapidan at Ely's, Jacob's, Culpepper, Germania, and United States fords. At the two former points, rebel advanced pickets were encountered and driven back. The accounts of subsequent operations are very conflict ing. The sth Now York Cavalry, skirmishing on the Orange Court House-road, near Perkins, were driven in with severe loss, and Gen. Griffith's divi. sion, which was thrown forward to feel the rebel position, encountered the rebels under Gen. A, P. Hill. A fight is reported to have ensued, in which the Federals took 300 prisoners, but lost two guns. Fighting is also said to have occurred near Chancellorsville between the commands of Long street and Hancock. A general engagement was expected at once, unless Lee should fall back towards Richmond. Some accounts represent that Lee is falling back to Hanover Court House with the intention of making his defensive line on the North Anna River, although he is known to have - stilt a heavy force at Orange Court House. General Grant's army is believed to have passed through the region known as the wilderness, which included the old Chaneellorsville battle ground. It is reported the forces under General Butler have occupied City Point, and are to advance in conjunction with an ironclad fleet against Fort Darling and the other James river defences of Rich• mond. The Government has received positive informa tion, by way of Fortress Monroe, that General Beauregard is at Petersburg, Va, with a force of 30,000 men. General Sigel is said to be advancing up the Shenandoah Valley to cut the Virginia Central Railroad at Staunton. Many believe that General Grant has got be tween Lee's army and Richmond; but at latest reliable accounts, which are up to the evening of the sth, General Lee's position had not been defi nitely ascertained, and no serious engagement had yet occurred. .... 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, W. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded "Kinahan's LL Whisky." NEW NOVEL BY LADY GEORGIANA FULLERTON On the 23d inst., in 3 vols. post Biro., T OO STRANGE NOT TO BE TRUE. By Lady GEORGIANA FULLERTON , Author of "Ladybird," &c. 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Let it be well understood, that every ounce of gold that goes from the country detracts from the pay of the soldier who is fighting for our salvation, and diminishes the wages of our sister women, who toil for their bread into zniaerablii scarcely stacpajoiieepbapljrom... starvation. The precious metal that flows from this coun try to Europe for the luxuries we do not need increases the price of gold here, depreciates the value of our national cur rency, and helps to sweep the necessaries of life beyond the reach of the working man. It will be necessary for the holder of the Scrip to present the same to the Bankers at the time of making payment, in order to have the receipt properly filled up. The Five per Cent. interest will be paid on the Ist of March, and on the Ist of September, in each year. By Order. J. B. OWEN, Secretary. Bishopsgate Terminus, 14th April, Mt Forwarded free on rPcelpt of 12 stamps, AFEW OBSERVATIONS on GOUT and RHEUMATISM, by one who has never failed to cure the same whenever it has fallen in his way. A sample bottle of the medicine forwarded free to all parts on receipt of 40 stamps. Address R. Cameron, 40, Tavistock-street, Covent garden, London. P ROSPECTUS. The " London ad Venezua Bank" 1193 for itsrposed operations a groun n d unoccupied, and is most urgently re quired. Preliminary negotiations have been in progress for !on' , months, and the project has been sub nitted to the judgment of the most eminent Venezuelan merchants, and has met with their limp Riffled approval. Support is promised 2 n highly .influential quarters, and the Direct.ors are assured that the privilege of issuing Bank notes will be accorded by the Government. Messrs. Carl Hahn and G. Servadio, Directors and Repre aentativea of the Pronrietors in the "Bank of Caracas," have joined the Board, and have undertaken, on the, establishment of the "London ana Venezuela Bank," to close their esta blishment, a d to transfer their busine=s to the present company, The banking, , acilities which Caracas has hitherto possessed have been very limited, but the fast that the Bank of Caracas has despite its restricted means—earned a net profit exceeding 30 per cent. per annum, leaves no doubt that the present undertaking will result in complete success. The Right Hon. Lord HOUGHTON, D.C.L., President, in the Chair. VICE-PRESIDENTS. The Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain. His Excellency the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, K.G., F. R.S. Ilia Gra e the Archbishop . of Dublin. The Most Hon. the Marquis of Clanric irde, K.G.K.P. The Most Hon. the Marquis of Townshend. The Right Ron. the it arl of Shrewsbury and Talbot. The Right Hon Earl Russell. K.G. 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Revised Lists of works recently added to the Library, and Catalogues of Surplis Copies withdrawn for Sale, are now ready, n i will be forwarded on application. New Oxford-street London, April, 1884. Provisions—Pork firm, at 26 dole. 75c. for old, and 28 dols. 75c. to 29 dols. for new mess; 23 dole. to 24 dole. 75c. for old and new prime, and 27 dole. 50c. for prime mess. Beef is steady at 16 dole. to 18 dole, for unpacked, and 19 dole. to 20 dole. for extra mess. Cotton—Steady-830. for middlings, and 86c. for do. up:and. Tallow—Firm and active,-134c. to 14c. for City and Western. Petroleum—Dull-39c. for crude, and 59e. for It is a painfu: truth, for which we shall yet learn to blush, that the exportations of the most expensive goods manufactured in Europe have been far greater during the war than at any time in the history of our country. The importations last week at, the New York custom house alone amounted to 5,000,000 ; and all that week—which will yet find its ignoble record in history —the streets of Wash ington were blocked up with weary soldiers, marching through mud, rain, or dust, down to the army of the Poto mac, which now lies with bated courage waiting for the carnival of death which is almost flinging its crimson rhadow over us. The following, published by Messrs. Matheson and Co., while inviting tenders for th . ., Venezuelan Loan in June last, will confirm the above statements : " At present there is almost an entire absence of banking accommodation in Venezuela. Possessed of every advantage of clim,te and soil, within sixteen days' sail of England, the exits; ing monetary facilities are quite inadequate to the com merce of the country, and to the increasing production and rapidly extending exports of Its coffee, cocoa, cotton, hides, &c. * * * * * The advantages of this Institution will be obvious to all either politically or financially interested in the prosperity of Venezuela, and as the rat s of interest range f -om li to 15 per cent..per annum, the profits may be exp ec t e d t o b e consi derable,' It may ix?. added, that since that period, owing to the in creased and increasing demand for cap;tal for the Cultivation of cotton, which is now being exported to England in large quantities, ft finds safe and profitable employment at much higher rates than those quoted by Messrs. Matheson. The want ot an "Exthange Bank" in Venezuela occasions the utmost inconvenience and difficulty in buying and selling foreign bills, and large sums are made by private individuals. 'who, having no direct interest in drawing or remitting, must be induced to do either one or the other, by the offer of tempt lng. Profits. The "London and Venezuelan Bank" will sup ply this want, and ina'much as returns can be mode with tar greater r ipidity from Venezuela than from India, where the introduction of banking- facilities of a like nature has been found extremely profitable, it is certain that this branch of the proposed business must bo still more remu ne ative. The p 7 oducts of Venezuel a are coffee, cocoa, cotton, tobacco, hides, indigo, fiividivi, and dye stuffs, with an immense variety of others, less knnwn, but equally valuable. Its acoffee is of the finest qualify, and its cocoa is unequalled. On e now all important arti c l e " cotton, " the following, from leading article in the' Daily Telegraph" of the 18th Janu ary, 18 63, will be read with interest, particularly in connec tion with bati , ing and capit 1:—" From Venezuela the qua li d ty is gcod and usefui, and some even of the wild plant is escribed by competent jud ges as b eing like midd ing Orleans. Parcelsive imperfectly ginned ha ve b een recently sold in the LrPool market at 2s. and 2s. id. per lb. Wages are low, and a. large increase in the cultivation is fully expected; but the great want is capit L" In some parts of he country coal is found cropping out on the surface of the ground within a few yards of the sea, and the mineral wealth of Venezuela le well known to be very large. This has been demonstrated by assays of many spe cimens of gold, silver, copper, and lead which were sho,vn in the late Exhib lion. The principal control of the "London and Venezuela Bank" will be vested in the Board of Directors in England. They will select a manager of known qualifications in Lou don, who on his arrival wi 1 have he assistance and advice of the Directors In Caracas and La Guayra, who are Euro peans of long residence and high standing In the country, and well known in connection with Venezuelan trade and finance. The Directors reserve to themselves the right to allot so soon and in such a manner as they deem expedient. If no allotment be made the deposits will be returned in full. Five hundred Shares are reserved for allotment in Vene zuela. App7i ations for Shares must be made in the accompany ing form, which, with Pro pectuses, may be procured of the Bankers, Solicitora, Broker.,, or Secretary at the O es of the Company, where the Articles of AssJCiation maybe nspectut and every information obtained. For freight or passage apply to the Company's Agents, Alfred Laming and Ca., 8, Leadenhall-street. T HE CREDIT MOBIL I E R (Limited), 80, Lombard-street, E.C. Capital, £1,000,000, in 20,000 Shares of £5O each. Subs:ribed Capital, £500,000, in 10,000 Shares. DIRECTORS. Chairman—The Right Hon. James Stuart Wort'ey. The Hon. T. C. Ha'iburton, John Westmorland, ERci. I ALP, Edward Warner, Esq., at.P. Alexander Dunbar, Esq. Char.es Ellis, Esq. Ado phe Hakim, Esq. Ja , e 3 Levick, Esq. Charles E. Newbon, Esq. Henry Pownall, Esq. For the good of our country and the honour of our sex let us redeem ourselves from this reproach of wanton ex travagance. Let us prove by cheerful retrenchment that the women of the country are not so wedded to luxurious self-indulgence that they cannot fill a glorious page in the history of this war and yet retain all that is retiring and beautiful in womanhood., In all humane works they have proved themselves charitable, kind, and munificent. 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The position of the Federal army was th en parallel and a little in advance of the road from Germania Ford to Chaneellorsville, the two flanks (From the New York World of Ilfay 4.) A very extensive movement is now in progress among . _ _ many ladies of the Northern States to unite the women of the country in the resolution to purchase no imported arti cles of apparel where American can be substituted during the continuance of the war. The organisation was started some time ago in a qttiet way, and now comprises a very large number. resting on those points, and the general headquar ters at the Wilderness. The number of troops now operating directly against Richmond is said to be over three hundred thousand. To oppose this force the rebels are believed to have about 150,000 men. The news of a terrible battle is hourly expected. Previous to the advance on the 3d several regi ments refused to do duty, alleging that their term of service had expired. General Meade issued an order declaring that such conduct would be re• garded as open mutiny, and punished with death, without any form of trial whatever, as the necessi ties of the hour would admit of no other disposi tion of such cases. The troops were exhorted to abide by the decision of the War department in regard to their term of enlistment. General Meade also issued an address to the troops, informing them of a❑ intended advance, and soliciting them to bear patiently their approaching hardships, and to have confidence in their leaders. THE CREDIT FONCIER (Limited), 80, Lombard-street, E.C. Capital, £1,000,090, in 20,0:0 Shares of £5O each. Subscribed Capital, £500,000, in 10,000 Shares. DIRECTORS. Chairman—The Right Hon. James Stuart Wortley. Deputy Chairman—James Levies, Esq. The Hon. T. C, Haliburton, f Alexander Dunbar, Esq. M.P. I John Westmorland, Esq. Adolphe Hakim, Esq. Charles Ellis, Esq. Edward Warner, Esq., M.P. I Charles E. Newbon, Esq. Henry Pownall, Esq., J.P. discouraging excessive importations and adopting goods manufactured at home they keep gold in the country, re. duce the rates of exchange, and establish confidence in ;he Government, and they will prove how far patriotism can rise above feminine vanity in the hearts of American women. In order to invoke this spirit of self sacrifice it is impor— tant that the great object of the covenant we have made should be broadly circulated and thoroughly understood. It discourages profligate expenditures of any kind, recom— mends the use of domestic fabrics wherever they can be substituted for those of foreign make, and advises simplicity of attire both as a matter of policy and good taste. It asks the great sisterhood of American women to aid in tlis reform before it is too late. EGYPTIAN HALL, PICCADILLY.-NOW ON VIEW, " CROMWELL WITH WS FAMILY," painted by Charles Lucy ; Salous' great picture of "THE CRUCIFIXION," 16 feet by containing 300 figures ; "The City of Ancient Jerusalem," with its Temple, Palaces, and Public Buildings ; " The Mount of Olives," and the Scenery round about. (Mr. John Bowden's Descriptive Lec ture at Twelve, Two, and Four.) Also Carl Werner's Seres of Thirty Original Drawings of "JERUSALEM, BETH LEHEM, AND THE HOLY PLACES."—Open Ten till Five. Admission One Shilling to the entire Exhibition. May 29, 1811. MANAGER. Albert Grant, Esq. BANKERS. Messrs. Masterman, Peters, Mildred, and Co. Bank of London. This Company advances money on the rreposit of Title Deeds of approved Freehold or Leasehold Property in Great Britain, with or without regular Mortgage. 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Date USIN E S S E S.-Mr. ANDREW HIND'S MAY LIST, Containing Businesses, Premises, Partnerships, &c., Gratis. Lettere., enclose stamp.—Particulars entered free. OFF up,„ ___ l-- - - -CORNER OF LITTLE CARTER-LANE, ST. PAUL'S. ------______ O F FICES.—Mr. ANDREW H IND has to LET and S everal excellent OFFICES i n the vicinity of the Bank V°4)ltOyal Exchange, separately, or in sets of two or three -3, suitab e for merchants, solicitors, shipbiokers, &c. CIA, £25 to £5O. Apply at 1, Little Carter-lane, St. Paul's. TO GROCERS and CHEESEIVIONGERS.— Mr. ANDREW HIND has for DISPOCAL a BUSI NESS near the S , rand, cluing X 3 ., per week ; all ready money. Corner shop, and seven rooms. Rent L 52. Price £O. Stock about £3O. Offices, corner of Little Carter-lane, St. Paul's. PUBLIC HOUSE. —Mr. ANDREW HIND has to LET a capital HOUSE at Camberwell, containing well fitted bar, parlour, kitchen, concert, and five other rooms. Rent £5O. Lease twenty years. Takings £lOO per month. Premium £6O, or the proprietress would take a lady with 42 oas partner. App.y at 1, Little Carter-lane, St. Paul's. COFFEE and DINING -ROOM S.—Mr. ANI)W. shHIND has for immediate SALR a BUSINESS near e City, doing £2O p er wee k . Two shops, thirteen rooms, d y dar. Rent £75. Let ofr £ll5. Lease tirtears. Coming in £l5O. Offices, cornu of Little Carter-lane, St. To DRAPERS. --Mr. ANDREW HIND has for SALE an old-established BUSINESS, near Hol born, dolor £l5 to £2O weekl. Carter-lane, St. Paul'Stoc Coming in £BO. k - tional. Office s , corner of Littles. op rIOUSES.—Mr. ANDREW HIND has for SALE PIPE COTTAGES, close to a station six Miles from town, producing £65 per annum. Ground rent tO. Price £5OO. Also, the fo llowing:--Wandsworth, Eight FreehoPs, £l,OOO ; ditto, Six Leaseholds, £70.; • Teddington, Four, £5OO ; N ott i ng -hill. Three, £1,020 ; Penge. Five (un finished), £BOO ; Bournemouth, £l,OOO, dr,c, Offices, corner of Little Carter-lane, St. Paul's. G ROCERS. -Mr. ANDREW HIND has for SALE a BUSINE `seven mile west of the City. Shop, warehouse, cellars, and rooms. Rent Ll3O. Lease e'ghteen years. Price £315. Also, the following :—Blooms bury, 0; Islington, Le.OD ; Marylebone, £ , 00 ; N.W. Dis trict, £lBO, &c. Offices, corner of Little Carter-lane. FURNITURE, IRONMONGERY, BOOTS and SHOES. -75r. ANDREW HIND has for imme diate SALE, by order of the executors, an old-established BUSINESS, twelve miles from town. Three shops, work shops, parlour, six rooms, kitchen, yard, and large garden. Rent £.30. Lease twenty-one years. Returns £2O per week. Price x2OO. Office-, corner of Little Carter-lane. CIGAR and TOBACCONISTS.—Mr. ANDW. HIND has for SALE a BUSINESS, in a principal thoroughfare, near the Bank. Shop and bagatelle-room. Rent £145. Lease six years and a half. Takings ZlB. Price £3OO. stock £2OO. Also the following:—Cont-garden, £140; W. District, ZSO ; St. George's, East, £B . ()ffices, corner of Little Carter-lane. B EER HOUSE.—Mr, ANDREW HIND has Ox tor t street, LE contap a ca ining eleven grooms.ital HOUSE, a ood ituation near ? Proof trade, twenty b a r re l s per month. Price XlOO. Rent £S O 10 , corner of Little Carter-lane, St. PE , ul's. Offices, IDIES' SCHOOL-Mr. ANDREW HIND .4 A. nearor immediate SALE a DAY SCHOOL, well hitu.te a station, E. Eight roomed house, and garden. Rent £3O . Number of pupils 32, paying a guinea per quarter. Coming in, including school furniture, blinds, & c . , £ BC. Offices, corner of Little Carter-lane, St. Paul's. I F A. 114 IL Y RESIDENCE and LAND.—Mr. ANDREW II IND has to LET a comfortable HOUSE In Essex, fourteen miles from town and two from a station.. delightfully bituate on high ground, and commanding exte a- Sive views. Contains lofty drawing room, dining- and morn ing'. rooms, four best and five other bedrooms, kitchens and cellars. Grounds comprise pleasure and kitchen gardens. shrubbery, paddeck, and meadow, together about seven acres, With lodge entrance, stabling, coach-holise, green-house, , ornamental water and bridge. Rent on three years' agree ment, £120; fixtures, £5O ; or the lease for 18 years at £lOO. Price, with fixtures, £2OO. Cards to view m a y b e had et the Auction and Estate Agency Offi3es, corner of Little C arter -lane, St. Paul's. ( iRNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, \--• Ind Dining-room, eon slating ot a new and elegant assort ment 01 VASES, Figures, Groups Candlesticks, Obelisks, Ink- Alatands, beautiful inlaid Tablas , P aperweights, &0., in Italian, baa er, Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire S par, _ &o, I mported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mine talogist to her lla,i esty, 149, Stand, W.C., Lonaon. Ur. 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Alderman Waterlow. Alderman S. Wilson. Charles Wyman, Esq. Right Hon. the Earl of Tar• borough. The following distinguished Artistes have most kindly volunteered their valuable services SOPRA.NI —madame Parepa, Madame Weiss, Miss Poole, Miss Romer, and Mita., Enequist (the Swedish Vocalist). CONTRALTO —Madame Sainton-Dolby and Miss Barrow. TENorti—Mr. Sims Reeves (who will sing " The Death of Nelson"), Mr, Wiloye Cooper, Mr. T. Young, and Herr Reichardt. BASSI —Mr. Weiss and Mr Lewis Thomas. SOLO INSTRUMENTALISTS—Madame Arabella Goddard ( Pianoforte), and Herr Lauterback (Violinist), Chapel Master to the Ring of Saxony. CONDUCTOR—Mr. Jules Benedict. Moors. Broadwool and Sons have kindly given the use of one of their finest Concert Pianofortes for the occasion. It is proposed, in consequence of the great array of Vocal and Instrumental Talent, to divide the Musical Entertain ment into two parts, the first of which w 11 be before the Toast of the Evening, and the second after the President's Address on behalf of the Institution. . _ --- The' object of the Newspaper'Press Fund is to secure, by subscriptions from members, and by voluntary donations and bequests, benevolent provision for members incapacitated through bodily or mental infirmity, and for the widows and children of deceased members. The Committee refer with pride to the patronage which the Fund has already received from noblemen and gentlemen, conspicuous all , e in Church and State, in Art, Science, and Literature. Office-6, Beaufort-buildings, Strand, W.C. Donations and subscriptions may be paid to the credit of the Newspaper Press Fund at the City Bank, Threads eedle. street ;at the West-end Branch. 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VEGETABLE CANDLES, with a Mixture o f W ax. Best quality .. • • Is. sd. pe r lb . Second quality •• Is. 3d. per lb . Third quality .. • • • • • • • .. Is. ld. per lb. Carnage paid in London on Orders of Five Pounds in value. FRANCIS TUCKER AND CO., 8, South 31°1ton-street, Grosvenor-square. Manufactory— The largest Establish men t in England for the Manufact ure Kensington (Established 1730). of Wax Candles for the use of the Altar QHORTHAND.-"PITMAN'S PHONO GRAPHY forms an exceedingly efficient—probably the MOST efficient—system of Shorthand that exists."—Sir Rowland RILL NRW PATENT CURTAIN HOOK that requires no sewing, and, if reversed, can be used for many purposes. Fo be had of all shops in town or country, Patentees, W, TENT and Co., 23, Birchin-lane, London, E.C. THE ORIGINAL --- ROYAL BUCKINGHAM SAUCM, for Roast Meat, Hashes, Gravies, Stews, Steaks, Soups, Fish, Game, dm ['rewired only by the proprietors, THOS. BUCK and Co., 10, Bath-pl ice, Dalston, London, N.E. PIGS ! PIGS! 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ACCOUNTS arranged and adjusted, and Balance Sheets prepared.—Financial operations organised and Banking fa cilities arranged.—Cash Advances made on Trade Stock, Dock Warrants, and other Securities, and Sales effected.— The Agency of Provincial and Foreign Firms undertaken. Address, Messrs. BANKES and Co., Accountants, 20, Devereux-court, Strand, London, W.C. OL DR ID GE'S BALM of COLUMBIA stands unrivalled as a toilet requisite. It has been established 40 years, and le the best and only certain remedy ever discovered for preserving, strengthening, beautifying, or restoring the Hair, Whi s k ers , or Moustaches, and pre venting them turning gray or fading off.—Sold in bottles, 3s. 6d., 68 , and Us. by C. and A. OLDRIDGE, 22, Welling ton-street, Strand, W.C. ; and all chemists and perfumers. For Children's and Ladies' Bair it is most efficacious and unrivalled, THIS SHOULD MEET THE EYE of any _AL One troubled with Wind in the Stomach, Indigestipn, or flillousness, take PAGE WOODCOCK'S WIND PILLS. Thcir world-wide celebrity proves them of sterling merit. Of all medicine vendors at is. lid. •nd 2s. 9d : ; or free by post for 14 or 33 stamps from Page D. Woodcock, Cheinist. Lincoln, AME_RON'A GOUT SPECIFIC, Ah Effedual and Speedy Remedy for the Gout, Rheu tnati,m, Sciatica, Lumbago, and Neuralgia. This invaluable Medicine is so pre-eminently efficacious as to admit of no parallel. Instances have been known, in which sufferers have been confined to their apartments, hand and foot, writhing , under the most intense agony, whose sufferings, to the asto nishment of their friends, have been wholly removed in less rendered 4 hours after taking the above medicine, and themselves ab'e to resume their avocations, Indeed, the effect has been such, and brought about in so harmless and speedy a manner, that the proprietor, with the utmost confidence, challenges the medical world to rroduce a medicine equal to it. To the constitution it is harmless ; to the fluids of the human frame it adds an asireeable impetus ; to the system gener .11y it is invigorating to a degree unparalleled ; and male or female may t: ke it to equal advantage. A dose of the above medicine taken about once a month operates most effectually in preventing a return of the complain'. Pri e Is. lad., Ss. 9d., and 4s. 6d. per bottle. Prepared only by the Proprietor, R Cameron, 40, Tavistock-street,Covent-garden, London. Wholesale London agents—Barclay and Son, 95, Farringdon-street ; Butler and Crispe, 4, Cheapside, corner of St. Paul's Churchyard; Cleaver, 63, Oxford-street; Dart, 30, Southampton-street, Strand ; Sanger, 150, Oxford-street, A sample bottle forwarded Lee from the manufactory on re ceipt of 4V stamps. DR. SCOTT'S BILIOUS AND LIVER PILLS.—A NEVER FAILING REMEDY.—pre pared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. :oott, of J3romley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who suffer from bilious and liver mm Taints, indigestion, wind, spasms, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, &o. For habitual costiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier of the blood, they are truly excellent ; mild in their opera tion and grateful to the stomach, they create appetite, pro mote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system. Sold by W. Lambert, 8, King William-street, Charing-cross. London, and by most druggists, in boxes,ls. lid., and three times the quantity in one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr. Soott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square green package, with " William Lambert," engraved on the stamp. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL. Gray's-inn-road in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail- Way Terminus, King's-cross. FUNDS are urgently REQUIRED. Treasurer and Banker—EDWARD BIASTE ULAN, Esq., Moholas-lane. 11" 0 X FOR D, R, OXFORD STREET, W. THIS EVENING, the MERRY W EVES OF WINDSOR, by Otto Nicolai ; and UN BALLO IN MA.SCHERA ; sup ported by the whole of the Talented Company. Director, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Comedy by UNSWORT II and EUGENE, Mr. T. Maclazan, W. Randall, G. Hutchenson, G. W. Jester, Miss Nelly Power Admission—Area, 6d. ; stalls and balcony, (the Juvenile comedienne), & c , &O. byes, 10s. ed. Is. ; private Open every Evening. CANTERBURY HALL, Will be produCed, w ith alterations and improvements Westminster-ro a d, London. Turs EVE NING , In production, the N ew Illusion, surpassing anything yet attempted. entitled THE TERCEN rIONA iIY ; or,a NIGHT WII SH A RSPERE, writt en expressly by W. r'• Vander. yellEs ,q., in which Mr. W. R andall will re-appear . ALSO, PRINCE BLOSSOM; OR, THE FAIRIES OF THE MAGIC FOUNTAIN AND THE FOREST OF SHADOWS! " The figure of Fame, winged and trumpeted, Paul" a n d through the M rep , ssing ounai, is so complete an Illusion that it wellnigh ceases to be illusory," Morning Star, Feb. 19. Prince Blossom, Miss Townley. In addition to the usual Entertainments of the establish. ment, supported by the whole of the talented comrany, in clVuding es A ter, .tc. .§.crthur Lloyd, mi n Nelly Pow3r, Air. T. Maclagan, J A. ission—Area, 6d, ; Stalls and Balcony, ls. MADAME TUSSAUD, s HIS TORI CAL GALLERY; est a bli shed 28 years at the Bazaar, Baker-street. NEW ADDITION.—A full length model of ARTHUR JOHN DEVINE, who recently suffered the extreme penalty of the law in front of Newgatc for the murder of Mr. Buck, in Little Cheeterileld-street Marylebone. is now to be seen in the Chamber ot Physi o g n ereY at Madame Tassaud's torical Gallery, Baker-street. Open from' the Tedniing till 10 at night.- Admittance, l a. . t • ra rooms, 6d. AB OYLL BOIDvs, Windmill-street, Piccadilly, IS OPEN EVERY E VENING. eveniung!lvnerunrralleled repertoire of Dance m D us u ic r! es, is performed by the odic in brated Argyll Band, fortynumber. Doors Open ct Half-past 8, commence at 9. Admission is. li Sel t ec h e t 1011 Se Manager, M. GRENET. HA NOVER-SQUARE, W. : 88 : 0 L ne 11 6 :U n S un E g U ( M ior . ..Where may be seen the T HE 2 (:n e O Astees • Bushman W ife ;,.," I .ila rastrana and Infant ; Eng and Shang, the Siamea!, n4:swins ; and upwards of 3,000 Models, Natural rrepara.tio , Gentlemenunwrapped, only). ° - Egyptian Mummies, years old. A throughTHE V OLUNT EEES.—' he Adtairalty Company of the Civil Service Volunteers Were i nspected yes. terday by the Duke of Sotderet , la the s quare at Somerset minute inspection o f House. nil! G rac e entered the s quare exactly at 5 o'clock, where he foetid the Com/att.*, nearly 60 strong, drawn i:P ready to itnefiti e h im with genf i ll saltite. Rank s were A vaety of evolution s were t h en then opened, and his G ra ce, accompanied by Caps; vir ibis, to gone a company of n a the line. a manner tAht other armsi r d a i l s t D ai nnrgudami accoutrementsamh o o n d d , persons f h ool a a d r t eae the m en, Capt a i n M e nd s, and a after which his C a l o r m ac p e ao to y o m k a p r o o s h t ed in pa fr a n t. nt of the ri grand entrance, an d th e f performed with admirable prec ision and celerity ; in fact, whichall the movements wig a company of light inf an t ry could w be h c le a h w lled ou cl upon have to ve done credit w ere Three aides of a square were the n for med, and the Duke l perform r e having placed himself in the centre, addressed the company in the following words ;—,, Gentlemen,---.I have been ex ceedingly pleased with what I have witnessed this evening. You have performed your movements with admirable pre cision and celerity, and I have no doubt you will maintain that high character for efficiency which you have already attained at the forthcoming Volunteer review in Hyde Park next week. In conclusion, I have to remark that it affords me great satisfaction to know that the best Volun teers in your ranks are among the most efficient public servants in this great department." Captain Willis re turned thanks on behalf of his company, and after three cheers had been given for the Duke, who then retired from the square, the company was dismissed, highly gratified with the result of this inspection. - - [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Holloway's Ointment and Pills.— Happy Health.—However provident, however careful man may be, he is still destined to be assailed by sickness ; and it is wisdom to be provided with a remedy against such a calamity. The Ointment and Pills discovered by Professor Holloway are acknowledged by every person who has tried them to possess the bight merits in curing all outward diseases and other maladies resulting from violence, expo souret mineral poisons, or scrofulous taints. This Oint ment heals all descriptions of ulcers and subdues inflamma tions. These Pills purify and strengthen—and thus even in moderately good health occasional doses of them prove highly beneficial by their tendency to preserve the body from impurities and weaknesses, whence serious ailments frequently arise, On the sth a band of rebel guerillas made a raid on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad near Piedmont, captured and des . rayed three trains. On the ap proach of a force of Feecrals they fhd, and the road was soon repaired. It is reported that, simultaneously with the advance of the army of the Potomac, the Federal army at Chattanooga would move under General Sherman against General Joe Johnston, who at latest accounts was in full force at Dalton and Tunnel Hill. Advises from North Carolina confirm the reports of the evacuation and burning by the Yederals of the town of Washington. The town was entirely destroyed, causing great distress among the popu lation. The rebel ram Albemarle had taken on board the 2001 b. Parrott gun captured at Plymouth, An immediate attack upon Newbern by the rebel ironclads was expected. It is reported that the rebels under Marmaduke attacked and captured General Steele's supply train of 240 waggons, 7 pieces of cannon, and the entire escort of 1,000 men. Advices from Alexandria, Louisiana, to the 27th ult. state that General Banks's army was still there, but would move at once towards the Missis. sippi. It is reported by way of New Orleans that General Banks, on his retteat'from Grand Ecore to Alexandria, was attacked by the Confederates in force at Cane river, and suffered heavily. Thirteen transports, it is said, were - blown up to prevent their capture by the rebels. General'liirby Smith, in his official report of the Red Rever battles, claims to have taken from Banks 4,000 prisoners, 2,500 wounded, 8,000 stand of arms, 35 pieces of artillery, 2,000 mules, and 250 waggons. On the 27th of April Admiral Porter's fleet was 60 miles above Alexandria, without infantry sup• ports, and continually harrassed by the rebels. It is generally conceded that the Banks' expedition must be abandoned for tha present so far as any offensive preparations are concerned. Latest accounts state that General Steele's entire army has returned to Little Rock closely followed and harassed by the rebels, under General Price. At Sabine Forks, the rebels were turned upon and checked, with heavy loss on both sides. Marma. duke wag marching to join Price, and it was ex pected that their combined forces would attack Little Rock, The Confederates have appeared in force on both banks of the Mississippi, driving in the Federal pickets at Vicksburg. An attack on that place was hourly expected. Adviees from Missouri state that great alarm exists in consequence of the reported invasion of the state by the rebels under Quantrell. The Union Governor Pierpont, of Virginia, has addressed a letter to the President and Congress upon the gross abase of military power in the com mand of General Butler, in Virginia, and North Carolina. Many serious charges of corruption are therein preferred against Butler. There are no important congressional proceedings beyond an unsuccessful attempt in the Senate to amend the charter of the city of Washington so as to exclude negroe■ from voting. FINANCIAL. NEW YORK, MAY 6. The money market continues to be well sup plied at 6 per cent. Government securities are un changed—United States Sixes of 1881 registered 113; do. coupon, 113 ; Five Twenties, 106; 7 3.10 th Treasury Notes, 1091 ; ; One Year Certificates, 98k. Gold opened at 176 i, rose to 177, and closed dull at It does not seem to be the intention of the ladies to pro hibit at all the wearing of elegant dress goods. It is urged that all these things can be obtained at home. Delaines, challis, and prints of the richest kind are manufactured in the Eastern States, quite equal to those of France. Silks are manufactured in New Jersey and Connecticut which even now are all sold as imported silks. Bonnet are made one-third cheaper than the imported ones. Boots and shoes, shirtings, perfumery, cassimere, and all such articles, are made cheaper and can be made equal to imported articles. It is urged, in fact, that half the goods sold as imported ar ticles aro really home-made, and it is expected that the humbug in this respect will change, and imported goods be hereafter sold m domestic manufacture. The result will doubtless be to give a great impetus to labour manufactures in the Eastern and Middle States, and thereby help to en rich the country at the expense of the great manufactures of Europe. Fancy the famous Hon. Mrs. Shoddy, all gaucherie and Jockey Club, gorgeously arrayed in J ersey silks and California diamonds, promenading Broadway in a Merrimac print shawl, wearing a bonnet of furniture calico, carrying a small, green cotton umbrella in lieu of a French parasol, and followed by a mangy little imongrel dog, instead of her favourite Parisian pet. A very large meeting was held in Washington on Mon day, composed of the wives of members of the Cabinet, and of senators and representatives, of well-known authoresses, women of fashion, mothers who have lost their sons, and wives who had lost their husbands. At the request of the ladies, the Rev. Dr. M'Murdy presided. Miss Lizzie M. Baker was made secretary of the meeting, and the objects briefly stated. • Mrs Senator Lane then moved the appointment of a com mittee of seven to prepare an address to the women of America, and report a constitution for the proposed organi- sation, wuich was unanimously adopted. The president appointed Mrs Senator Lane, of Indiana—Mrs Ann A. Stephens, New York—Mrs Senator Wilson, Massachusetts —Mrs Loan, of Missouri—Mrs Pike, of Maine—Mrs S. A. Douglas—Mrs Ingersoll, of the district. Mrs Spaulding, of Ohio, moved the appointment of a committee of five to nominate officers for the society.— Adopted. Mrs Spaulding, of Ohio—Mrs Woodbridge, of Vermont—Mrs Hughes, of Indiana—Mrs Shoat°, of the district—and Mrs Morris, of the navy, were appointed. The committee un the constitution reported the following ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION. I, OP THE NAME AND OBJECT. Sec. I. The name of this association shall be the Ladies' National Covenant. Sec. 2. The object shall be to unite the women of the country in the earnest reselution to purchase no imported article of apparel where American can possibly be sub stituted during the continuance of the war. Article IL treats of the officers and their duties, 111. OF THE PLEDGE OR COVENANT. The pledge or covenant shall be as follows :—" For three years, or for the war, we pledge ourselves to each other and the country to purchase no imported article of apparel." On the motion of Mrs. Loan, the constitution was adopted. On the motion of Mrs. Nininger, of Oregon, the address was : unanimously adopted, and its universal publication , . asked.' ' _ _ The committee on nominations malt their report, which, on motion of Mrs. Hatch, of Washington, District of Columbia, was unanimously adopted, and the officers elected as follows : OFFICERS. THE EXECUTIVE COMMlTTEL—President, Mrs General ,Tames Taylor. Vice-President, Mrs Stephen A. Douglas. Reci;rding Secretaries : Miss Rebecca Gillis, Miss Virginia Smith. Corresponding Secretaries : Mrs M. Morris, Mrs B. B, French, Mrs S. Bowen, Mr H. C. Ingersoll, Mrs Z. Robbins, Mrs Prof. Henty, Mrs. Chittenden, Mrs Captain Kidden, Miss Williams, Miss Matilda Bates. ADDRESS TO THE WOMEN OF AMERICA. In the capital of our country we have this day organised a certain society for the suppression of extravagance, the diminution of foreign imports, and the practice of economy in all our social relations. To this society we have given the name of " The Ladies' National Covenant." Its object i s a good and generous one, which should inspire a spirit of patriotism worthy of women Soho are the glory of a great nation. For this society we have an example and prece dent at once august and encouraging. In 1770 the women of Massachusetts, actuated by the same impulse that inspires us, assembled in the city of Boston, as we have met here, and resolved to serve the country by an effort of self-sacrifice far greater than we are called upon to make. On Feb. 9 300 matrons, each the mistress of a household, met as we do new, and signed a pledge to abstain from the use of tea, the greatest luxury of the time, and the very life of all the social gatherings for which our New England ancestors were so famous. Three days later twice that number of blooming young girls met in the same place and signed like pledges. From that brave assemblage of women nen-importation societies sprang up that produced an effect upon the mother country almost equal to that created by the success of our revolutionary armies. During all the terrors of the war these noble women held firmly to their pledges, and by their earnestness awoke the sympathy and co-operation of every sister colony in the land. The spirit thus aroused extended itself to imported goods of all kinds, and every hearthstone was turned into an independent manufactury. Thus it was that the flue wheel, the hatchel, and the handloom became sublime instruments of freedom in the hands of American women. The house mothers of '76 not only keep th eir p ledge of non -impartation, bxt with their own hands wrought from the raw material the gar ments which clothed themselves, their husbands and children. Tho pledge which they took, and kept so faith. fully, evoked not only great self• sacrifice, but hard, hard toil, such as the women of the present day scarcely dream of. Had they net endured and laboured while their hus bands fought, we should have had no mighty Union to pray and struggle for now. We, the women of '64, have the same object to attain and the same duties to perform which were so nobly ac cereplished by the women of 76. Snail we not follow their exam ple, and take up, cheerfully, the lesser demands that the welfare of our country demands ? They gave up the v ery comforts of life without a murmur ; can we refuse when a sacrifice of feminine vanity alone is required ? Can we hesitate to yield up luxuries that are so unbecoming Thank God ! science has given us the means of reaching thousands on thousands in a single hour. While me make this covenant, the thought that thrills our hearts may tremble in fire along the telegraph, and awake kindred in spiration throughout the entire land. By every means of communication in our power, let us urge the necessity of prompt action. In every town and village throughout thn Union, some woman who loves her country is implored to ce,...4iik/Aaxauxiliary society and forward the names of the Isdieiinvtted,to act artine Stale iiiiiitlCElEek."au ty lice:- We ask simultaneous action, earnest work, and generous self-sacrifice at the hands of sister women. With their ardent help, a work will he accomplished so important iu its results that the woman who shares he it may hereafter leave the emblem of our object as the richest jewel that she can leave to posterity. BADGE OF THE COVENANT. On motion of Mrs. Alan S. Stephens, it was resolved that the badge of the National Covenant shall be a black bee, with wings enamelled according to nature, worn with a tricolour ribbon a little in front of the left shoulder. WHAT THEY ASK OP THE MEN.—OR the motion of Mrs.. Ingersoll it was resolved, "That while, as the wives and daughters and women of America, we aro ready and deter mined to practice self-denial for the benefit of the country and our sex, we earnestly request the men of America also to abstain from the use of imported articles,especially wines, liquors, and cigars." THE WOMEN TO SPREAD THE WORK.—On the motion of Mrs. Morris, it was resolved that the women in the nation, sympathising with the great object of this society, be and hereby are invited to copy the cuvenant, record their names thereto, and obtaining as many signatures as pos sible, forward the number (not the names) so obtained to the committee of their state. THE FAIR COVENANTERS PHOTOGRAPHED —At the instance of Dr. Sunderland, who had made several interest ing speeches, the meeting delayed adjournment till photo graphed, when, on motion, the meeting adjourned, after a number signed the pledge contained in the constitution. GEOGRAPHICAL DISCOVERY.--..fit the anniver.. sary meeting of the Royal Geographical Society, to be held at Burlington House, on Monday, May 23, the the patron's or Victoria gold medal will be presented to Captain Grant for his journey from Zanzibar across Eastern. r Equitoriel Africa to Egypt, in company with Capt. Speke, and for his contributions to the work of that explorer. The founder's gold medal will be given to Baron C. von !der pecken, for his two surveys of the lofty mountains of Kilimanjaro, which he determined to be capped with snow, and to have an altitude of not less than 20,000 ft. A testi monial will be also awarded to the Rev. Gifford Palgrava for his adventurous journey across Arabia. BUSHRANGERS OF NEW SOUTH WALES,—The formidable gang of bushrangers which for so long a period infested the western districts which may now be con sidered as almost exterminated. Gardiner, their origina l founder and captain, was captured, together with his para mour, Mrs. Brown, on the 3d inst., at Apia Creek, in the northern part of Queensland, and is now safely lodged in. Sydney gaol. Of Gilbert, who seems to have become the ringleader when Gardiner disappeared from the scene, certain is known. It i s sa id that he met his death, by accident and was buried in the bush by his e rlyions, But this statement, although generally h as ,bell'iteavteahis per haps, been tput into] circulation to facilitate daring escape, Ben Hall, one of the mast prominent ands to be members According to the statements of of the gang from the very first, .se em the only one even now remaining at large. always for ji b ! , great coolness, freedom from politeness, to those which the flashness and bravado characterised the b th ee o n se r w em h a o rk h a a b y l e e been robbed by him, he h as others, and civility, and be h as taken, and particularly when women whose property be impunity which they Bo long enjoyed were present. was owing perhaps in a considerable degree to the fact that on with remarkable o ccasions have treated females considerationtrius gang and respect ; and as this course of t uct 3°their part was supposed to be due to extended to the e xample and influence o f H a ll , h e seems to be regarded b y the h than were t e s of westernthedoisthtreircsts. This with will mo perhaps ekindly feelings acc ount for his bei ng at large after most of his party have inhabitants the been shot or captured. He had a remarkable escape a week or two since. A hut in which he was known to have entered, while sutlering from a wound in his toot, was surrounded by five policemen under Inspector Shadforth. A dog which the police had brought, as for the purpose of giving Hall the alarm, commenced barking, when the bushranger rushed Out, and, lame as he was, mounted his horse in the face of the valiant officials, and rode through them without re ceiving a scratch—the black tracker who accompanied the party being the only man who attempted to prevent hi m . The most remarkable bushrarging crime of the month wag a daring and successful attack on the Bathurst mail, at Capstone Rib, near Nenrith, on the night of the 11th inst. Tnere were eight pereons on the coach at the time, including the driver. One was an armed policeman ; one man, said to be a digger; two women, and three China men. Neither the policeman, the driver, nor anybody else made the slightest resistance when the coach was ordered to stop by three men. The Chinamen had large amounts cf gold dust and money in their possession. Upwards of £7OO Was taken from them, and altogether the robbers must have secured considerably over £!,000 in cash, besides the China. men's gold. The mails were, of course, cut open ; the letters were scattered about the road, and the horses cut loose and driven into the bush—Sydney Empire, March 21,